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Summary of Contents for SoundWorks Radio 745i

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Page 3: ...e plug has two blades and a third grounding prong The wide blade or or the third prong are provided for your safety If the provided plug does not fit into your outlet consult an electrician for replacement of the obsolete outlet Protect the power cord from being walked on or pinched particularly at plugs convenience receptacles and at the point where they exit from the apparatus Only use attachmen...

Page 4: ...Installation 7 Standby and On 8 AM FM Operation 8 10 CD Operation 11 13 Connecting an External Audio Source 14 Convenience Features 15 16 Quick Reference Guide 17 21 Radio and Disc Text Displays 22 JOG Function 23 24 Wakeup Function 25 28 CD ROM Operation 29 32 PLAYER DOCK Made for iPod Optional 33 35 Specifications 36 ...

Page 5: ...orks Radio CD 745 User Manual ALARM ST E RE O CD IN WIDE MONO 1 1 2 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 SNOOZE MUTE TRACK TUNE ADJ CD MODE REPEAT FOLDER CD INFO FOLDER PRESETS POWER PLAYER AUX FM AM JOG CD SEEK TRACK TUNE ADJ FOLDER REPEAT JOG SLEEP SNOOZE MUTE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 CD MODE CD TIME ALARMS SEEK DISC STOP AUX PRESETS VOLUME FM AM HOLD TO ADJUST 1 2 SOUNDWORKS RADIO CD ENTER PLAYER MENU 1 2 3 4 ...

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Page 7: ...ementary text Radio Data Service RDS FM station text CD text ID3 text stored in most MP3 and WMA files An automatic dimmer function reduces display brightness in dark rooms while maintaining good legibility in bright light An internal long life power cell maintains the current time accurately for many years By inserting a 9V battery not supplied a user ensures that an activated wakeup function wil...

Page 8: ... AM antenna See B To prepare the an tenna 1 fold the base 2 and snap it into place 3 Position the AM antenna 4 in any out of the way site preferably at least 8 inches apart from the Radio CD Insert the AM Antenna s miniplug into the Radio CD s rear panel minijack marked AM ANTENNA 5 Rotate the AM antenna to achieve the best signal for individual AM stations A B 1 2 3 4 5 ALARM ST E RE O CD IN WIDE...

Page 9: ...the INT internal position factory default If desired the external FM antenna can be connected and used instead of the internal antenna See D Connect the external antenna to the F type connector of the rear panel Set the FM antenna switch to EXT external C D ALARM ST E RE O CD IN WIDE MONO 1 1 2 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 SNOOZE MUTE TRACK TUNE ADJ CD MODE REPEAT FOLDER CD INFO FOLDER PRESETS POWER PLAYER AUX F...

Page 10: ...p Battery For 48 hours of alarm function backup during an AC power failure obtain and install a 9 volt battery in the radio s battery compartment Release the battery cover attach the battery and restore the cover If either alarm is set to activate music or tone wake up and the power fails the battery sounds the tone alarm at the appropriate time Press POWER on the radio to silence the alarm Remove...

Page 11: ...aceplate POWER button can also be used to engage Sleep Delay operation see page 16 Selecting the Radio Bands Pressing the FM AM button cycles through two banks of FM station presets and one bank of AM station presets You can store eight FM stations in the Preset bank FM1 eight different FM stations in Preset bank FM2 and eight AM stations in the Preset bank AM see H If you switch from another mode...

Page 12: ...esired Preset bank FM1 FM2 AM radio band Tune to the desired station Press and hold the desired PRESET button until a short tone is heard The station is stored see K When an FM frequency is stored on a Preset the current Stereo Wide Mono and RDS Text setting is also stored When the Preset is tapped the stored setting will override the JOG menu setting Storing a weak FM stereo station in MONO will ...

Page 13: ...4 5 6 7 8 FM2 P1 88 1 9 43AM TRACK TUNE ADJ FOLDER REPEAT JOG SLEEP SNOOZE MUTE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 CD MODE CD TIME ALARMS SEEK DISC STOP AUX PRESETS VOLUME FM AM HOLD TO ADJUST 1 2 SOUNDWORKS RADIO CD ENTER PLAYER MENU K ...

Page 14: ...ctions Track selection Tap the appropriate TRACK TUNE ADJ button or see N CD ROM folder selection To move from the current folder directory tap either or See pages 29 32 for an explanation of folder directory navigation Forward scan and reverse scan Press and hold TRACK TUNE ADJ button or Disc Stop Press the STOP button once to stop disc play with resume from same location feature Press the STOP b...

Page 15: ... button during disc play causes the Radio CD to enter STANDBY track resume mode Pressing the POWER button again resumes play at exactly the same location on the disc audio CD or CD ROM Preset 4 FOLDER feature The SoundWorks Radio CD recognizes folders at the Top Level of a CD ROM Pressing Preset 4 FOLDER during CD ROM Play will show the first 16 letters of the name of the folder containing the act...

Page 16: ...ne track CD ROM Random play Play folder Random play folder Play one file Repeat The REPEAT button present 6 will repeat the current play mode until the disc is ejected or the POWER button is pressed The repeat mode is maintained until the disc is ejected or the POWER button is pressed CD IN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 CD IN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 CD T2 3m 16s FM2 P1 88 1 9 43AM TRACK TUNE ADJ FOLDER REPEAT JOG SLEEP...

Page 17: ...CD like a portable MP3 player connect it to the AUX input on the front panel see Q The AUX button on the front panel or remote control selects this input see R Using the PLAYER input with optional PLAYER DOCK The PLAYER button on the front panel or remote control selects this input Connection of a PLAYER DOCK and Dock Use instructions are detailed on page 33 CONNECTING AN EXTERNAL AUDIO SOURCE FM2...

Page 18: ... see T Mute is cancelled if the POWER button is pressed if a disc is inserted or the volume is adjusted CONVENIENCE FEATURES TRACK TUNE ADJ CD MODE REPEAT FOLDER CD INFO FOLDER PRESETS POWER PLAYER AUX FM AM JOG CD SEEK TRACK TUNE ADJ FOLDER REPEAT JOG SLEEP SNOOZE MUTE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 CD MODE CD TIME ALARMS SEEK DISC STOP AUX PRESETS VOLUME FM AM HOLD TO ADJUST 1 2 SOUNDWORKS RADIO CD ENTER PLAYE...

Page 19: ...amount of play time is reached see V Sleep delay is available for 15 20 30 45 60 90 and 120 minute lengths Sleep delay is cancelled if the POWER button is pressed or if a disc is inserted If you wish to use the sleep function during disc play insert a disc before choosing the sleep function CONVENIENCE FEATURES Continued TRACK TUNE ADJ FOLDER REPEAT JOG SLEEP SNOOZE MUTE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 CD MODE CD...

Page 20: ...DISC PLAY ONE FOLDER RANDOM PLAY OF ONE FOLDER PLAY ONE TRACK RADIO STATION PRESET BUTTONS PRESS AND HOLD TO STORE CURRENT STATION TAP TO ACTIVATE ALARM PRESS AND HOLD TO ADJUST ALARM QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE SOUNDWORKS RADIO CD FACEPLATE DURING DISC PLAY TAP THIS BUTTON FOR REPEAT PLAY OF CURRENT CD MODE TAP THESE BUTTONS TO MOVE BETWEEN DIFFERENT DIRECTORIES ON A CD ROM DISC INSERT HEADPHONES WITH ...

Page 21: ... RADIO BAND PRESS AGAIN TO SWITCH BETWEEN FM PRESET BANK 1 2 OR AM SELECTS AUX INPUT SELECTS PLAYER INPUT FOR USE WITH OPTIONAL PLAYER DOCK SELECTS RADIO ON OR OFF ALARMS ACTIVE IN OFF MODE PRESS REPEATEDLY FOR SLEEP DELAY FUNCTION 15 MIN TO 120 MIN RADIO TAP TO MANUAL TUNE PRESS AND HOLD TO SEEK TO NEXT STATION DISC TAP TO ADVANCE OR GO BACK ONE AUDIO SELECTION PRESS AND HOLD TO SCAN FORWARD OR B...

Page 22: ...TO AUTOMATICALLY SEEK THE NEXT STATION UP THE BAND TAP TO START DISC NORMAL OPERATION PRESS TO MUTE SOUND DURING WAKEUP PRESS TO ACTIVATE SNOOZE FEATURE RADIO STATION PRESET BUTTONS PRESS AND HOLD TO STORE CURRENT STATION TAP TO ACTIVATE ALARM PRESS AND HOLD TO ADJUST ALARM SELECTS RADIO BAND PRESS REPEATEDLY TO SWITCH BETWEEN FM1 FM2 AND AM SELECTS AUX INPUT SELECTS PLAYER INPUT FOR USE WITH OPTI...

Page 23: ...DISC PLAY TAP THESE BUTTONS TO MOVE BETWEEN DIFFERENT FOLDERS ON A CD ROM SELECTS PLAYER INPUT FOR USE WITH OPTIONAL PLAYER DOCK SELECTS RADIO ON OR OFF ALARMS OPERATE IN OFF MODE BASS 4 TO 4 TREBLE 4 TO 4 STEREO WIDE MONO LOUDNESS ON OFF SNOOZE TIME 5 MIN TO 22 MIN RDS TEXT SCROLLING FIXED OFF DISC TEXT SCROLLING FIXED OFF TIME DISPLAY 12 hr AM PM OR 24 hr DISPLAY LANGUAGE ENGLISH SPANISH FRENCH ...

Page 24: ...OHMS PLAYER INPUT POWER OUTPUT FOR OPTIONAL PLAYER DOCK AM ANTENNA INPUT MINIJACK 3 5mm STEREO MINIJACK PLAYER INPUT FOR OPTIONAL PLAYER DOCK INTERNAL EXTERNAL FM ANTENNA SELECTOR EXTERNAL FM ANTENNA F TYPE INPUT QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE SOUNDWORKS RADIO CD REAR CONNECTIONS ...

Page 25: ...nformation MP3 WMA files downloaded from the internet may contain ID3 text information ID3 text information can be added to MP3 WMA files as the file is created from an uncompressed audio source The radio CD will display this text when present in MP3 WMA files If there is no ID3 text information the radio CD will display the file name Choosing Text Displays The JOG menu has separate RDS text and D...

Page 26: ...e control to adjust settings of JOG functions JOG operation is cancelled five seconds after the last JOG or VOLUME adjustment Pressing any other radio CD function also cancels JOG operation JOG FUNCTIONS TRACK TUNE ADJ FOLDER REPEAT JOG SLEEP SNOOZE MUTE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 CD MODE CD TIME ALARMS SEEK DISC STOP AUX PRESETS VOLUME FM AM HOLD TO ADJUST 1 2 SOUNDWORKS RADIO CD ENTER PLAYER MENU CD IN 1 2...

Page 27: ...ay static text display and no text display Time Display Mode Choose 12 hour AM PM time US standard or 24 hour time international standard Display Language Choose English Spanish French Italian or German JOG FUNCTIONS Continued MONO WIDE STEREO MONO ADJUST BASS 1 MONO WIDE STEREO ADJUST TREBLE 1 WIDE STEREO MONO ADJUST LANGUAGE English BASS Adjustment display WIDE STEREO ADJUST STEREO STEREO WIDE M...

Page 28: ...radio preset bank FM1 FM2 or AM choose the desired station by pressing its PRESET button on the faceplate or the remote control To wake to a specific audio CD track Insert the audio CD enter Alarm Adjustment session press the CD Play Pause button to select wake to CD Then use TRACK TUNE ADJ buttons on the radio faceplate to select the desired track 1 2 WAKEUP FUNCTIONS TRACK TUNE ADJ FOLDER REPEAT...

Page 29: ... Adjustment session by pressing the same ALARM button again or just wait about 10 seconds The Wake up Adjustment session will automatically end Either way the radio CD will store your new settings 3 4 5 WAKEUP FUNCTIONS Continued E TRACK TUNE ADJ FOLDER REPEAT JOG SLEEP SNOOZE MUTE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 CD MODE CD TIME ALARMS SEEK DISC STOP AUX PRESETS VOLUME FM AM HOLD TO ADJUST 1 2 SOUNDWORKS RADIO CD...

Page 30: ...it is activated You can use Tone Wakeup as a reminder function during the day while using the radio normally WAKEUP FUNCTIONS Continued TRACK TUNE ADJ FOLDER REPEAT JOG SLEEP SNOOZE MUTE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 CD MODE CD TIME ALARMS SEEK DISC STOP AUX PRESETS VOLUME FM AM HOLD TO ADJUST 1 2 SOUNDWORKS RADIO CD ENTER PLAYER MENU CD IN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Alarm 1 On FM 9 43AM CD IN TRACK TUNE ADJ FOLDER REPEAT...

Page 31: ...Function Tapping the SNOOZE MUTE bar on the radio or the SNOOZE MUTE button see 2 on the remote will silence a Wakeup alarm for a pre determined period of time 5 to 22 minutes Adjust the SNOOZE delay period by using the JOG function WAKEUP FUNCTIONS Continued TRACK TUNE ADJ FOLDER REPEAT JOG SLEEP SNOOZE MUTE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 CD MODE CD TIME ALARMS SEEK DISC STOP AUX PRESETS VOLUME FM AM HOLD TO AD...

Page 32: ...red on the top level of the CD ROM It will play those files file name sequence The radio CD will ignore any files that do not end in mp3 or wma After the radio CD has played all MP3 WMA files on the top level of the CD ROM it will then play the contents of any folders present on the CD ROM in file name sequence If there are no mp3 or wma audio files in the top level of the CD ROM the radio CD will...

Page 33: ...ic addition of sequence numbers to the start of each MP3 WMA file name The radio CD treats numbers as text when determining track and folder sequence Use a leading zero on single digit numbers 01 02 03 if the total of your tracks or folders is ten or greater The radio CD supports a maximum of 99 tracks at the top level of a CD or within any folder at the top level of the CD ROM 1 2 3 This diagram ...

Page 34: ...hard drive Use folder titles with a number at the start in a sequence of your choice Burn all the folders onto a CD ROM at once Once completed you could have a CD ROM with much more music than a conventional audio CD You can navigate through each folder simply by pressing the FOLDER and FOLDER buttons CD ROM Preparation Maximum number of individual MP3 WMA files supported on a CD ROM 295 files If ...

Page 35: ... Folder Name Top Level of the CD ROM 03 Folder Name 04 Folder Name CD ROM 01 Title 02 Title 03 Title 01 Title 02 Title 03 Title 01 Title 02 Title 03 Title This diagram assumes you are using only mp3 files A CD ROM containing wma files or a mix of both mp3 and wma files will operate in the same order More Folders ...

Page 36: ...Make sure the Dock is facing the same direction as the SoundWorks Radio The SoundWorks Radio remote controls the Dock directly Attach your iPod to the Apple iPod connector on the top of the dock Push the PLAYER button on the front face of the SoundWorks Radio or the PLAYER button on the SoundWorks Radio remote control to select the PLAYER source 1 2 3 4 5 MENU PLAYER POWER OUTPUT INPUT AM ANTENNA ...

Page 37: ...he iPod dock comes on when the SoundWorks Radio is ON It will go out when the SoundWorks Radio is in Standby The SoundWorks Radio remote will control a connected iPod only while the SoundWorks Radio is ON The Dock will charge an iPod only when the Dock is connected to a SoundWorks Radio that has AC power ENTER MENU PLAYER CONTROL BUTTONS on SoundWorks Radio remote Blue light Should the Dock stop r...

Page 38: ... DOCK Universal Dock for iPod Continued Use the COMPOSITE OUT or S VIDEO OUT jack on the back of the iPod dock for connection to a television iPod with video support required Use the second recess behind the iPod connector to store the SoundWorks Radio remote control ...

Page 39: ...ijack for use with optional PLAYER DOCK One rear panel PLAYER POWER OUTPUT for use with optional PLAYER DOCK One rear panel AM Antenna 3 5 mm stereo minijack Antenna stereo minijack configuration Sleeve no connection tip and ring wire loop antenna One rear panel FM Antenna F type jack 75 ohms Outputs One front panel Headphone 3 5 mm stereo minijack Rear Panel Controls FM antenna INT EXT switch Dim...

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